| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | ZK-CID |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Swearingen SA-226 Metro |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Fairchild SA-227 Merlin IV/Metro/Expediter (C-26) |
| Aircraft Version: | Fairchild SA-227AC Metro III |
| C/n (msn): | AC-692B |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Melbourne - EssendonMap |
| Region / Country: | Victoria, Australia |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: YMEN IATA: MEB Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 16 July 2024 |
| Photo by: | Phil Vabre |
| Photo ID: | 710619 |
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This Metro had the Swearingen trade-plate N2707D before being delivered to the UK in March 1988 as G-BOJN. The Czech registration OY-CHD was not taken up and the aircraft was bought back by Fairchild in March 1990 and re-registered N2707D. It was sold in New Zealand later that year and became ZK-NSS with Air Nelson. On 27 April 2016 it was re-registered as ZK-CID(3) to Air Chathams. In 2024 it was acquired by Sharp Airlines and ferried to Essendon pending re-registration in Australia. It still wears the Air Chathams logo on the fin, but not the airline's titles. This photo is copyright © Phil Vabre, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 27 July 2024, and has since been viewed 80 times. |